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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Be it known that I, DAVID C. WATSON, of Manchester, Hillsboro county, New Hampshire, have invented :i newl en d useful Improvement in GhecleRein Hooks, which prevents the check-rein from becoming unhookefl by the horse throwing up his head; and I do hereby declare that the followingl is a full, clear, and exactl description or" the construction and operetion ofthe suine, refer speeifietion, in Whieh- I Figure l is a. perspective view ofthe saddle check-rein hook and check-reinthook attachment. 1

Figure 2, a. cross-section ofthe attachment.

To enable others skilled in the art to'mztke and use my invention, I'Will proceed to describe its constriction und opera-tion.

It is applicable to :iny ordinary harness-pad or saddle, also to any ordinary check-rein hook. rIhe object of my invention is to secure thecheck-rein in the hook.

H represents the check-hook as secured to the pad 0r saddle by the stem C of the attachment by passing ence beingl had to the annexed drawings, making ay part of this i through the pad or saddle, thence through the hook, the whole secured underneath bythe nut F as by the ordinary b'olt and'nut in the common` manner. On the stem G is screwed a. tube, B, at I. The upper end` of tube B has a. flange at top, extending outward. A is a, larger tube, above tube B, and has u flange extending on the inside; the object of the flanges to'be to prevent the tube A from sepurating'from the tube B. Tube A has :t cup or cover. Arountlthe pin I), of stem C, is a. spiral spring, E, which presses against the cap or cover of tube A, keeping the tubes extended, and entirely Closing up the check-rein lloolL When it is desired to allow the check-rein to enter the hook the cup or tube A is pressed down sufficiently to let' the rein in the hook. lWhen relieved from pressure the spiral spring E forces the top ofthe cap or tube Aegainst the hook H, which secures the cheek-rein in the hook.

What I claim as my invention,..nd desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- The mode herein described to secure cheek-reins in the hook, as sharm by stem C, pin D, tube B, tube 1A, and spring E, which may be made of Wire or rubber.

' DAVID C. WATSON.

Witnesses:

F. U. STORES, F. F. GAUSE. 

